Reading Lists in Higher Education - Time to ditch the reading list?

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Matt Cornock presented on rethinking the traditional reading list. He discussed the purpose of reading lists and the resources they include. Cornock highlighted conflicts around whether reading lists should provide many references or encourage independent research. A mini-survey of students found they use a mix of reading list and other resources. Alternative reading list structures and technologies like wikis, hashtags, and bookmarking tools were proposed to make lists more relevant and encourage exploring beyond the list. The presentation aimed to spark discussion on designing reading lists to address changing resource uses and help students go beyond what is provided.

Education News & Politics

Time to ditch the reading list?
Higher York eLearning Network Conference
6 June 2011, York St John University

Matt Cornock
University of York

What is a reading list?
Assessment
(students show
wider reading)

Student
expectations
(where’s my
reading list?)

Academic
input
(the course)

Library and
resources

Reading
list

© 2011 University of York

(practicalities)

What resources are available?
Traditional
reading list of
institutional
resources
Resources
familiar to
students, com
monly used
and not ‘held’
by institution
Perhaps not
peer-reviewed

Books

Google & the
web

Wikipedia &
collab spaces

Printed
journals

Paid-for online
journals

Paid-for
services and
resources

Google Scholar

Official docs in
PDF form

Freely available
resources

Online video
YouTube, BBC
© 2011 University of York

User-generated
content

Useful after
student has left
institution
Requires info
literacy

Discussion
• What makes a ‘good’ reading list?
– Why a reading list?
– Who is a reading list for?
– What sort of resources?

© 2011 University of York

Reading list conflict
“Spoonfeeding”

Are students
provided with too
many references
so they don’t look
for themselves?

What do students
need to know in
order to complete
the course?

Intellectual
coverage
© 2011 University of York

Mini-survey
(57 Year 2/3 Social Policy students)
For assignments and seminar prep do you use resources from the reading list or ones
you find yourself?
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Only reading Mainly reading
list
list

Mix of both

© 2011 University of York

Mainly non-list Only non-list

Mini-survey
(57 Year 2/3 Social Policy students)
Do reading lists encourage further reading?
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%

10%
0%
Yes

No
© 2011 University of York

Don't know

Mini-survey
(57 Year 2/3 Social Policy students)
It's nice that resources are mentioned as
background reading, recommended or
essential. Helps ground focus when essay
writing.

Long reading list with
thousands of books make
me feel overwhelmed.

Although doesn't encourage you to look for own resources, makes
you used a wide range of books because list is quite extensive

© 2011 University of York

Reading list structures
• Long lists
• Topic-chunks
• Weekly chunks
• Specific page refs
• Broad book refs
• Is that all that’s possible?
• Do these structures help?

© 2011 University of York

Discussion
• To make reading lists relevant to the ‘real
world’ – different structures, purposes and
content?
• Design template structures which address:
– Different resources being used
– Opportunities for students to ‘go beyond’
© 2011 University of York

Using technology for reading lists:
Wikis, blogs, forums
• Familiar VLE-based
collaborative tools
• Students create their own
lists / edit their group list
• Incorporated into seminar
prep or specific activity

© 2011 University of York

Using technology for reading lists:
Twitter #hashtags
• Collect tweets together
• Fast, good for short time
periods
• Not good for keeping as a
long-term record – tweets
are transient
• #hastags for #themes or
#modulecodes
© 2011 University of York

Using technology for reading lists:
Online bookmarking tools
• Delicious recently bought after
development stopped
• Diigo is championed as an alternative
to Delicious
• Diigo to share weblinks and notes
• Tag-based to sort links by theme or
your own tags
• Lists option
© 2011 University of York

Example Diigo user’s page
Links

Notes
Tags

http://www.diigo.com/user/mattcornock
© 2011 University of York

Reading lists workshop supporting site
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/5549
• Notes, refs and links
• Post your ideas
• Share your trial experiences
© 2011 University of York

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